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A new town at Uitvlugt: the founding and development of Pinelands 1919-1948

Cuthbertson, Greg (1979)

Although the information of the garden city movement dates back to the end of the nineteenth century, the concept is still comparatively unknown in South Africa. For this reason it is essential to delve into the origin and ...
Richard Stuttaford and the anthem question of 1938

Cuthbertson, Greg (1979)
The St Andrew's Scottish Church Mission in Cape Town, 1838-1878

Cuthbertson, Greg (1981)

In the 1830s the slaves made up a significant proportion of the population of Cape Town and were closely integrated into the community in terms of occupation, residence, and personal relationships. They constituted about ...
British nonconformity and the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902

Cuthbertson, Greg (1982)

This paper surveys in broad outline the state of nonconformity in late Victorian Britain with particular reference to its impact on the Anglo-Boer war. Another aspect which is explored is the effect of the war on ...
James Stewart and the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902

Cuthbertson, Greg (1982)

The pro-Boer writer and anti-war activist, J.A. Hobson, argued in 1901 that missionaries, with their “long-standing feud against Afrikaners”, were the mainspring of the South African churches’ support for war against the ...
God, empire and war: the nonconformist conscience and militarism in Britain 1850-1900

Cuthbertson, Greg (1985)

Pacifism in the field of international relations had deep roots in nonconformist thinking in Britain which, paradoxically enough, embraced at the same time a militancy in its approach to religious convictions. It is perhaps ...
Missionary imperialism and colonial warfare: London Missionary Society attitudes to the South African War, 1899-1902

Cuthbertson, Greg (1987)

During the nineteenth century, southern Africa was one of the most active missionary fields in the world, and the London Missionary Society (LMS) had come to assume a leading role in the shaping of religious attitudes ...
Company directors- fiduciary duties, corporate opportunities and confidential information

Havenga, Michele (Juta, 1989)

The recent decision in Sibex Construction (SA) (Pty) Ltd v InjectasealCC 1988(2) SA 54(T) once again focuses attention on the general duty owed by a director to his company not to make personal use ofconfidential ...
Director's Secret Profit- Accounting to the Company

Havenga, Michele (Juta, 1991)

The successful acquisition of the Distillers Company (hereafter referred to as 'Distillers') by Guinness (hereafter 'Guinness') during 1986 caused an outrage in Britain. One of the consequences ofthe bid for Distillers ...
Creditors, Directors and Personal Liability under Section 424 of the Companies Act

Havenga, Michele (Juta, 1992)

Various rules and statutory provisions attempt to protect the interests of company creditors. The rules concerned with the maintenance ofcapital, for example, are based on the assumption that the creditors of a company ...
Cape slave historiography and the question of intellectual dependence

Cuthbertson, Greg (Taylor & Francis, 1992)

Since the appearance of Peter Novick‘s influential study on American historical writing,’ historians have been driven back to consider the nature of their craft, but more significantly, also to take stock of recent ...
Decentralization and the re-validation of the indigenous learning systems

Odora Hoppers, Catherine A. (© Copyright 2004 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved., 1993)

In stressing the compensatory legitimation function of decentralization in relation to the crucial issues of the inability of the African state to manage the educational system, and the challenge of irrelevance of the ...
Competing with the Company- When Does a Director Breach His or Her Fiduciary Obligation?

Havenga, Michele (Juta, 1995)

It is generally accepted that the paramount duty of directors, individually and collectively, is to exercise their powers bona fide in the best interests ofthe company. This fiduciary principle leads to the question as ...
Corporate Opportunities: A South African Update (Part 2)*

Havenga, Michele (Jula, 1996)

The fiduciary duties of a director arise only once the appointment as director takes effect.' The leading authorities suggest that they may extend beyond resignation from office, which will hold a director accountable ...
Corporate Opportunities: A South African Update (Part 1)

Havenga, Michele (1996)

The principles of the South African company law is currently under comprehensive review to consider their possible reform.' One ofthe areas under close scrutiny is corporate governance. 2 This contribution concentrates ...
Black scholarship: Doing something active and positive about academic racism

Duncan N.; Seedat, Mohamed; van Niekerk, Ashley; De La Rey C.; Gobodo-Madikizela P.; Simbayi L.C.; Bhana A. (Sage, 1997)

This 'article' serves as introduction to the Special Issue: black scholarship. As such, it outlines the various articles contained in, as well as the rationale for the issue. In this article the authors argue that programmatic ...
Directors' Fiduciary Duties under our future company-law regime

Havenga, Michele (Juta, 1997)

As a separate legal entity or juristic person which exists apart from its management and shareholders, a company must necessarily act through individuals.1 The functions and responsibilities of corporate directors, who ...
Postmodernising history and the archives: some challenges for recording the past

Cuthbertson, Greg (1997)

This article discusses the effects of postmodernist impulses in recent South African historiography and attempts to show links between historical and archival practice as they seek new frames of reference.
A critical overview of intra-familial violence and enforcement procedures

Songca, Rushiella; Letseku, R (Pretoria University Law Press, 1998)

The submission interrogates the issue of domestic violence in its various forms and how courts, legislation and courts define and handle cases of domestic violence. The authors argue that the definitions currently in place ...
From white supremacy to black liberation: intellectual lineages from South Africa in the 'making of America'

Cuthbertson, Greg (1999)

This paper was presented at the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Amerika Instituut in Amsterdam in September 1998. Participants were asked to reflect on the 'making of America' in their own research and teaching. ...

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